VK6LD > 01-10-2021, 05:14 PM
VK2KRR > 02-10-2021, 10:11 AM
VK6CPU > 13-10-2021, 06:22 PM
VK6LD > 13-10-2021, 08:40 PM
(13-10-2021, 06:22 PM)VK6CPU Wrote: Thats great news.
Is there any chance that SEG could takeover the Mt Barker VHF/UHF beacons and get them back on air?
I don't think they are any longer in the sights of the WA VHF group.
VK6LD > 27-11-2021, 09:02 PM
VK2ZRH > 28-11-2021, 11:51 AM
VK6LD > 03-06-2022, 06:21 PM
VK2KRR > 07-06-2022, 03:33 PM
(03-06-2022, 06:21 PM)VK6LD Wrote: Hi All,
Just a quick update on the Albany RemoteHams station.
Today I turned the yagis (2m, 70cm & 23cm) towards Perth, hopefully to catch some winter propagation, as the Great Australian Bight path is unlikely again until the end of the year.
VK3DXE > 08-06-2022, 12:08 AM
(03-06-2022, 06:21 PM)VK6LD Wrote: Hi All,
Just a quick update on the Albany RemoteHams station.
Today I turned the yagis (2m, 70cm & 23cm) towards Perth, hopefully to catch some winter propagation, as the Great Australian Bight path is unlikely again until the end of the year.
We know from 2m APRS and FM repeaters that there is still VHF/UHF propagation over the cooler months, particularly inland, so this will be a good opportunity for VK6 amateurs to face their antennas towards Albany and try for a contact, particularly on the digital modes (WSPR, FT8, etc.). The antennas will be turned back to face the east around late November 2022.
Also fitted to the IC9700 today was a BG7TBL 10MHz OCXO
......
Rob…
VK6LD
VK5BC > 09-06-2022, 09:55 AM
VK3DXE > 10-06-2022, 01:50 AM
(09-06-2022, 09:55 AM)VK5BC Wrote: Hi AlanI've responded directly to Brian by email, but for the info of others who may be interested, this is the (cheapest that I know of) eBay seller of the OCXO.
I'm interested in the BG7TBL 10MHz OCXO. A quick search several sites and prices came up. Can you give me the URL. Would like to fit one to my old IC910. If you like email or ring me.
73's Brian
VK5BC
0417 851 939
VK6LD > 12-06-2022, 01:53 PM
(08-06-2022, 12:08 AM)VK3DXE Wrote:(03-06-2022, 06:21 PM)VK6LD Wrote: Hi All,
Just a quick update on the Albany RemoteHams station.
Today I turned the yagis (2m, 70cm & 23cm) towards Perth, hopefully to catch some winter propagation, as the Great Australian Bight path is unlikely again until the end of the year.
We know from 2m APRS and FM repeaters that there is still VHF/UHF propagation over the cooler months, particularly inland, so this will be a good opportunity for VK6 amateurs to face their antennas towards Albany and try for a contact, particularly on the digital modes (WSPR, FT8, etc.). The antennas will be turned back to face the east around late November 2022.
Also fitted to the IC9700 today was a BG7TBL 10MHz OCXO
......
Rob…
VK6LD
Thanks for the update Rob.
I'm interested to know what brand (or design, if homebrew) the 23cm yagi is. I'd be keen to build a couple over here, or at least check out prices so we can encourage more people to move away from triband verticals.
Here are a couple of pics of the OCXO in the hope that others who aren't currently GPS locked might part with the 35 bucks to buy one, and then be on frequency and stable. The one that's gone to Albany has both 5v and 12v inputs, to cater for whatever voltage might be available at the site, and will run off a USB port in a pinch.